Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-24

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lion Of Sue trip thas vii be Of iassFest-1
Tbs speaker vas Mr.. g. 3. WRIGHT. %
tie N0g1hern P4ci1e EalIgsed ar4 Is
eems Land Campeag. He sss address
Ing Q representative ~ the PeeT iHTEL
Eaaxncza ia tka efSes Of the TsesEas
Hos8i. Er. Wright and party Fstnrrsd
yesterday ffoEa their trip 90 Alaska. and
ire reporter bad asked tss geGtisassH /
his impression o. the e01ctRy.
Mr.. Wright IL 3 Fnaa u sppzFsn'fT /
SIXTY years n ar, szsi, crest and FagoF /
ons-espsetalIy Of fateliset. his facs /
Il absven of ali beard. exssps q slizss |
apfinklina q gray undsT his eain aaa /
on hts meek. q very lizzie after tas man /
nse Of Horace GFesiy. He wsafs good /
bead Of hasr eoasbsd baak Ia Toe p7m
paaoFs styIe. He hss s0rnsEhtna q 1
hesitation 10 bis nsauneE or rather 10 1
bis nssvsmsufs, which woeId indleats /
fsablensss, bat shat Il explained to bis /
failing eyesaat.
pIs1FEocIgBEHa POINTS.
He wears q Iiahs bat ~ifh black /
band, aud n0tabse sm05g al thess /
notable features, sash a. attraes 70 htso 4
as much aftspsion 70 crowd - be 70
ceises es 8 sting Of the board Of dir /
eetors Of the Northern Pacific railroad. 1
4 sis pleasant face and uT6sns msn
ner. A. seen ~ the door Of his room /
vas elosed he beRan 10 talk Of Alasks |
with toe eloquent enthusiasm Of a /
young man on nis first sight sesing tear,
requesting bis hssrsr, however. % ~
thsF tone IL down Ia any printed report
be mlQhs make that it might not sound
as though done for "a set.
There were several sfhsr thinQs Of
perhaps greater Interest touched apon
Ia the hoat's conv rsztigp, the fell0 -
log for instance
THAT MKag0mr1L.
'sYou are 40 dJubt awaFe. Mr.
Wright" said the Pesr-fNTKLLIaKscKR
representative, "that tbeEa vas q very
lively interest manifested here q shaEt
tins ago tn the aetion Of the EEeeltiye
Committee Of the CbamheF Of Con-
meEce Ia passing 8 msI5Sfiai oR resoiu-
sion addressed 70 the Northern Paeias
HsiiFoad Company, are you noif'
Mr.. Wright looked thoughtful for o
moment.
Il refer 70 the msmoEiAl asking that
the company throw spen the water
frgnt, dredQe 4 channel sc the head Of
the bay and perfect such other improve
znents aa bad been contemplated By the
company" added the reporter.
''Oh, pee" said Mr.. Wright Il think
sbsre vas nothing IN u about dredging
They asked us 10 opsn the water front.
Bot that u all riQht--fheFe fs no fe6llne
ever that. ThaFe are several parties IN
there now, you knswi and, besides,
there 10 Dot a great deal of water front
hsFe-only about 9 mills aud half. and
We need large part Of tbat sarssIves.
A man FROM she Snake river country IL
here nov who wants TO get IN there, and
ne are considering the matter"
And was there any anaSsF made 10
the Chanber OF Commerce upoH the
snhject OF the memorial p was asked.
HOh, yes." said Mr.. Wright. slowly;
there vas an answer. / don't kn9w
exactly What it was bat, you see. there
10 no feeling whatever batWeeu the
Chamber Of Commerce and The railroad
Company none whatever They want
% us 20 DO certain things, bat they
knew that we we're alraining every mus
Gle 10 complete the Cascade divls on -
Il might be exousable iust here 10
tntefFupt the thread OF this report BY
stating that the correspondent did not
think 10 wortk while 90 say 70 Mr..
Wright that when tue correspondent
reported the adoption by the Chamber
OF CommeKea OF fhs memorial referred
20, the local papers here took 10 calling
him liar every day for a long time
thereafter, solely on she strength Of that
repart. ths Lsdgsr going 90 taF a to tel
earaph n denial Of it's Truth through the
Associated Press.-REPj
PROBABLE REALISTIC sMELrKR.
"Thsy say that there il another smel
Der project 90 foot here, Mr.. Wright, IL
that tTaef" said the oaT-ISrkLLI0KxcE
man.
"Yes Ryan and some others are en-.
gagged Ia Is. I might say that AN one
of the others. | INST Ryan ia Ne, Paul
on bis return from here. H. asked me
II woald 90 into it aBd told hin
would II he you'd take charge aud see
60 u himself aud mako n good enter.
prise OF u. That IL R7aE's business.
you knOw--thAt AZ which be Is perfectly
ns homo. He said he wenld. Tie cana-
pAny IA not formed a. yet. hut RYAN has
leased bis bia hotel In Ne. Paul and has
secured twenty three acres OF land down
near the point where the smslieF will b.
built. We intend b. build the road
down 10 Il. understand that RYAN
has placed $4,000 In Cmlr d'Ateua
miuea cot Of which be viii gel bis ores.
The smelteE, however, will b. built for
geReFal business, and orea wilI be
brought there from all tributary points,
tneludine Aiaska. have frequently
been asked by persons thinking %
Investing ia mines II there would
be reduction works here in to-
near future. aad kaye never hssiiatea
30 say ses, because knew there would,
and know that enc being started aud
made 30 pay 70 viii be followed by
others.
II Il ALwATs so.
10 iiha manner know that the North
eFn Pacific vail noe he the onlv railroad
20 the Sound. They are coming IN, all
OF them. Next year We will see an.
other, and ~ the next ivs years We will
sec Ave oihsFs."
THAT suggests the Union Pacific.
You probably know something Of their
Intentions. May | ask what vas the re
suit Of MI. Puttsr's visitFa
Mr.. Potter vas bers on a prospecting
sour merely. guess be has biz loo
on hla hands.n
"Doesn't be talkfH
"Mell, be is a man who prefers TO lee
you talk while he keepa still add learns,
bat u be sees that yoa are disposed the
same way Thea be wili talk, However,
be did nos give me bis fnll impressions,
bot be is reported g. have said npoa
bis return 90 Portland. we mat 40 g.
che Sound. that IL certain, and
Mr.. Wright haa promised 20 lei
rec so over bis road The
uaion Pacinc, you kuaw, has been
= sofi OF wanderer. looking foF sama
place 20 serve as a tefmlaas. Non knaw
that the shsf, Line lesssd the q. Il. (
n. That was endorsed by the a.. T.
The L. i, eAnnoi lease OF bald
branches, They saaeF the same FestFie
items that we do. They could have bad
those privileges II they had aaked Ter
them way back IN The ssAFt-then they
would have been granted anything they
asked. Hat thfaaga tbs Short Lice they
have set into Portland and cf coarse
they are not satisfied. Thay vast Go
reach deep wageg aud they are coaine
30 The SQUAD"
And noW % FeveFa TO Alaska and tAe
necessity OF placing q linn of steamers
bet@pea here aud there, which vas real
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